Dec, 1906] Dyar and Knab: Larv^ of Cvlicidm. 195 



tended by Kirbv, but just what that was will probably never be 

 known, and this species will do as well as another to represent the 

 name. It is a distinct and easily recognized larva and comes very 

 early. We got them near Springfield, Mass. in a marsh still con- 

 taining ice, on which we stood to collect them and beneath which the 

 larvae retreated. 



Aedes meridionalis, new species. Fig. 7. 



Antennae with the tuft before the middle; head hairs single; lateral 

 hairs single after the second abdominal segment. Air tube 2x1, pec- 

 ten short, reaching over one-half, followed by a large hair tuft ; comb 

 of twelve scales in a straight row. Anal segment broadly ringed. 



Taken by the junior author in the forest beyond settlement, Las 

 Loras, near Puntarenas, Costa Rica, in a pond choked by vegetation 

 which is dry in the dry season. The specimen was named "Jantkin- 

 osoma musica Say" by Mr. Coquillett. 



Aedes dupreei Coquillett. 



Culex dupreei Coquillett, Can. ent., xxxvi, 10, 1904. 



Culex dupreei Smith, Ent. News, xv, 49, 1904. 



Culex dupreei Felt, Bull. 79, N. Y. Sta. Mus., 335, 1904. 



Culex dupreei Smith, N. J. Agr. exp. Sta., Rept. Mosq., 283, 1905. 



In this peculiar larva the air tube is nearly or quite functionless 

 and it lives at the bottom among leaves. It is recorded from New 

 Jersey and Louisiana. Mr. Busckgotitat Arima, Trinidad, in a 

 deep virgin Palm swamp in permanent water. He says ' ' it reminds 

 one of a Japanese gold-fish with its very long floating tail hairs." 

 One specimen was taken by the junior author associated with the 

 preceding species. 



Aedes philosophicus, new species. Fig. 8. 



The characters are indicated in the table. It was collected by the 

 junior author at Tehuantepec, Salina Cruz, Acapulco, Mexico, and 

 Sonsonate, Salvador. The specimens were named "Hcemagogus 

 equinus Theobald' ' by Mr. Coquillett, but we are unaware that any 

 species has been so named. The Culex equinus of Linnaeus and 

 Fabricius is said to be probably a Simulium. 



Aedes triseriatus Say. '< 



Culex triseriatus Say, Journ. Acad. Nat. S., Phil, iii, 12, 1823. 



Culex triseriatus Smith, Ent. news, xiii, 301, 1902. r _ J 



